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Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal’s 254 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.

We are looking for an exceptional Hands-on Manager to join the team that works on the PayPal risk engineering team. If you really enjoy managing a team that would be involved in building high traffic backend services for external customer facing web applications and have interest in the latest Java/J2EE based technologies, then this is your job.

In this role you will be part of the team that is working on the PayPal Risk applications.

Responsibilities:

Hire capable and competent engineers to build a high performing team

Identify and ensure appropriate development/training opportunities are provided to the team members

Drive the team to achieve meet/exceed goals identified for the team

Set & clarify expectations with team members and provide regular feedback/coaching

Reward and recognize team members appropriately

Reviews product/platform architecture/design and works with product owners to drive business value

Consult with business entities on feasibility, technical requirements and cost estimates for new initiatives

Ensure reduction of technical debt as well as enhance security aspects related to delivery

Engage with technical domain leads and architects from cross vertical teams to ensure robust system design

Implement engineering best practices for quality delivery

Define and devise processes, tools and methodologies to achieve excellence in software development, testing and deployment, and in the management of the center

Highly effective at working in cross-functional and cross geographical organizations

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with diverse cultures

Ability to deal with uncertainty and adapt to changes

Desired Skills:

Working knowledge of finance industry standards and practices preferred

We're a purpose-driven company whose beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We hold ourselves to our One Team Behaviors which demand that we hold the highest ethical standards, to empower an open and diverse workplace, and strive to treat everyone who is touched by our business with dignity and respect. Our employees challenge the status quo, ask questions, and find solutions. We want to break down barriers to financial empowerment. Join us as we change the way the world defines financial freedom.